Feb21

IPL PLAYER AUCTION ANALYSIS

by wasim on February 21st, 2008 at 7:11 am
Posted In: Uncategorized

A new chapter in international cricket’s history began when the auction of 77 cricketers completed in Hilton towers for a grand sum of $ 42 mil.

6 players became millionaires overnight:

1- Dhoni $1.5 mil India Cements (Chennai)

2- Andrew Symonds $1.35 mil Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

3- Sachin Tendulkar $ 1.121 mil Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance (Mumbai)

4-Saurav Ganguly $1.092 mil Shahrukh Khan (Kolkata)

5- Yuvraj Singh $1.062 mil Preity Zinta (Mohali)

6- Rahul Dravid $1.035 mil Vijay Mallya’ UB Group (Bangalore)

The following players were in the $900,000 club:

  1. Sanath Jayasuriya $975,000 Mukesh Ambani (Mumbai)
  2. Ishant Sharma $950,000 Shahrukh Khan (Kolkata)
  3. Irfan Pathan $925,000 Priety Zinta (Mohali)
  4. Jacques Kallis $900,000 Vijay Mallya (Bangalore)
  5. Brett Lee $900,000 Priety Zinta (Mohali)

Shahrukh Khan was the biggest spender he spent $6,072,500 for 11 players.

India Cements (Chennai) spent $5,925,000 for 11 players.

Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) spent $5,885,000 for 11 players.

The worst and the most overvalued picks were as follows:

1-Mohammad Kaif (US$675,000), Yusuf Pathan (US$475,000) both guys are not even in the national team in the same team Younis Khan (US$225,000), Kamran Akmal (US$150,000) is a complete highway robbery and is unfair to International players.

2-MS Dhoni (US$1.5 million) and Suresh Raina (US$650,000) both of them highly over valued, in the same team Matthew Hayden gets (US$375,000) what a farce, good luck attracting these players in future.

3- Harbhajan Singh (US$850,000), and Robin Uthappa (US$800,000), Uthaapa might get axed from the national team , Harbhjan although a good pick but still over valued. In the same team Lasith Malinga gets (US$350,000) ,Dilhara Fernando (US$150,000), Loots Bosman (US$175,000) again not fair.

4-Most pundits are suggesting that Jacques Kallis (US$900,000) is over value, yes a little bit but Kallis is one of the best batsman in the world and a very good bowler. So if Kaif can get $ 650,000 then kallis is worth every penny.

5-David Hussey (US$675,000), Ishant Sharma (US$950,000) I know Ishant is the new star but still he is not worth this much and why Ricky ponting gets paid less than David Hussey, Poor Umar Gul who was the leading wicket taker in T/20 was the victim he gets only (US$150,000).

These International players might not feel inclined to give their 100% the way they have been robbed in the auction. The future of IPL looks bleak as only four International players can play at a time they will never gell together as a team, the intensity will not be there, it will be the cricket version of WWF. Next year I can guarantee IPL will not be able to secure as many International players as it did this year.